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sector is exempt and therefore. . .exempt from civil <br /> service tenure, and therefore, the agency head can <br /> appoint and remove; there' s no conflict here. But <br /> secretaries are also subject to classification, which <br /> this says is inapplicable. So I don' t think it can. . . it <br /> would diminish the authority of the appointed authority <br /> by this change. <br /> GREENWELL: What you need is to tie them into a <br /> salary grate. . . I mean, free to have a salary set up by <br /> the appointing individual . <br /> LUKE: That ' s right . <br /> GREENWELL: And maybe grant you more than what the <br /> rate might be. (Inaudible. ) <br /> LUKE: (Inaudible. ) We were tying them into a <br /> common classification and when we classified secretaries <br /> in this instance, we classified all department head <br /> secretaries as one, and we put them in one class. It . . . <br /> this is not present. If the classifications are exempt , <br /> one department head may hire a secretary at this rate; <br /> another at this rate and we' d be all over the <br /> (inaudible) . The fact that it ' s in the Charter doesn' t <br /> make it so. This is my point. According to civil <br /> service law, which supersedes the Charter if there ' s a <br /> conflict , that civil service law states that we have to <br /> classify secretaries. And that ' s all I 'm proposing, that <br /> we take out any item that ' s in conflict with civil <br /> service law, out of the Charter. <br /> L'ORANGE: Mr. Chairman, I 'm not sure he ' s <br /> (inaudible) . Could we have the counsel look at this? <br /> He' s getting into the executive. . .powers of the executive <br /> branch. And he' s interpreting it and I think the <br /> attorney needs to tell us what kind of grounds . . . I think <br /> your issue is well taken, but I 'm not sure that your <br /> interpretation of the provisions of the executive branch <br /> are correct. Because (inaudible) branches of government <br /> operate under the power of the executive officer to <br /> hire. And I don' t think they fall into the classifi- <br /> cation, but I could be very wrong. He could be very <br /> correct. Could we ask. . . <br /> BETHEA: Right . We will . We will . <br /> L'ORANGE: Let ' s do that. Take a look it. It ' s a <br /> point . I understand your point , you know. But I 'm not <br /> sure that your interpretation of this is against state <br /> laws is correct. <br /> 368 <br />